WildEarth Guardians

Name

WildEarth Guardians

Legal name

WildEarth Guardians

Website

https://wildearthguardians.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Conservation Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312)

akta.pro primary industry

Wildlife Conservation & Species Protection (BPAGAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Biodiversity & Habitat Conservation (BPAGAGAA)

Keywords

• Wildlife conservation
• Endangered species defense
• Public lands advocacy
• Habitat protection
• Environmental legal advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Fe

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: WildEarth Guardians relies primarily on individual donations from supporters who share their mission to protect wildlife, wild places, and wild rivers in the American West. Donors can give once or monthly.

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

WildEarth Guardians is a 501(c)(3) environmental nonprofit that protects wildlife, wild places, and wild rivers in the American West. Its core offering is conservation advocacy delivered through legal action under the Endangered Species Act, policy reform, grassroots organizing, public lands defense (including an innovative voluntary grazing permit retirement program in the Greater Gila), and research-driven campaigns targeting species protection, habitat restoration, and climate health.

Product overview

WildEarth Guardians is a non-profit environmental conservation and advocacy organization, not a technology product company. The organization does not offer any commercial products or services. Its mission focuses on protecting wildlife, wild places, and wild rivers in the American West through advocacy campaigns, legal action, grassroots organizing, public education, and research reports. The organization's work includes defending the Endangered Species Act, protecting public lands from privatization, reforming Wildlife Services, defending native carnivores (wolves, bears, lynx), safeguarding the Sagebrush Sea ecosystem, and advocating for climate and health protections.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Earthjustice: Earthjustice is a nonprofit environmental law organization that litigates on behalf of wildlife, public lands, climate, and clean air. It is directly comparable to WildEarth Guardians' legal advocacy model, particularly on ESA cases and federal agency challenges.
• Rocky Mountain Wild: Rocky Mountain Wild (formerly Center for Native Ecosystems) is a regional conservation nonprofit focused on protecting native species and habitats in the Southern Rockies through ESA listings, advocacy, and on-the-ground conservation. Comparable to WildEarth Guardians in geography and ESA-focused tactics.
• Defenders of Wildlife: Defenders of Wildlife is a national wildlife conservation nonprofit with deep programs on native carnivores, ESA defense, and habitat protection. Its carnivore and ESA work directly parallels WildEarth Guardians' Mexican wolf and Sagebrush Sea campaigns.
• Center for Biological Diversity: Center for Biological Diversity is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that uses citizen-suit provisions of the ESA and other environmental laws to protect endangered species and habitats. It is the closest direct peer to WildEarth Guardians in mission, legal strategy, and Western U.S. geography.
• Western Watersheds Project: Western Watersheds Project is a regional nonprofit that protects and restores Western watersheds and wildlife through grazing reform, public lands advocacy, and litigation. Its grazing-retirement and public-lands strategy closely mirrors WildEarth Guardians' Greater Gila work.

Others

• Wildlife Conservation Society: Wildlife Conservation Society is a global wildlife and habitat conservation organization that operates zoos and field conservation programs worldwide. While primarily field/species focused rather than legal-advocacy focused, it is thematically related to WildEarth Guardians' wildlife conservation mission.

Broad incumbents

• National Wildlife Federation: National Wildlife Federation is a large national wildlife conservation nonprofit that works on ESA defense, habitat protection, and policy advocacy. It is a broad incumbent peer comparable to WildEarth Guardians on ESA and wildlife missions but with broader programmatic reach and a national donor base.
• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): NRDC is one of the largest U.S. environmental advocacy organizations, combining legal action, policy advocacy, and science across wildlife, climate, public lands, and health. Comparable in mission breadth and legal-advocacy model, but operates at significantly greater national scale than WildEarth Guardians.
• Sierra Club: Sierra Club is one of the oldest and largest U.S. environmental nonprofits, with broad programs in public lands, wildlife, and climate advocacy. It is a broad incumbent peer that overlaps with WildEarth Guardians on public lands and wildlife but operates at national scale with a much larger membership base.
• The Wilderness Society: The Wilderness Society is a national nonprofit dedicated to protecting public lands and wilderness areas through policy, advocacy, and on-the-ground work. Its public-lands protection mission directly overlaps WildEarth Guardians' Wild Places program.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries1 record

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